Mikk Murray had the honour of being the opening exhibitor at the preview of the new gallery (4'33") FourThirtyThree on Mowbray Street, Sheffield
The brainchild of artist Mick Foster the gallery is situated within an industrial quarter creating and rejuvenating a new lease of life to premises in what would have been ignored and overlooked yet once again reflects what artists can see and do with nothing.
Mikk's exhibition is rather potent yet thought provoking in the message it is getting across.
For some time bees have been subjected to a mite which has decimated colonies across the world and whilst you may say "So what?" think on this, No bees=no pollination=no crop set=no crop=no food=starvation=extinction. Yet only £250.000 has been allocated to research in the UK from which a large cottage industry and food producers rely on bees.
Only a suggestion but perhaps Mikk's next bee themed exhibition in the not to far future may have to be called
"We know where the bees went but what did we do about it?"
The reviewer can see this gallery becoming a venue as the conscience of those who care about what we have, where we are going, and how we are getting there.
We look foreward to reviewing further exhibitions from 4'33"
The exhibition runs until the 20th August 2010
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